<?php function canvas_miniquery($url_string='') { 
		parse_str($url_string, $vars);
?>
		<h6><?php echo $vars['title']; ?></h6>
			<?php $mini_query = new wp_query('showposts='.$vars['number'].'&orderby=date'); ?>
			<?php while ($mini_query->have_posts()) : $mini_query->the_post(); update_post_caches($posts); ?>
			<dl>
				<dt><h4><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permalink to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
				<dd>Filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>. Created on <?php the_time('F jS') ?>.
			</dl>
			<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php } ?>